ARH 2000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sumerian Religion, Warka Vase, Inanna
Document Summary
Twisted perspective/composite view when one part of the figure is shown in profile and another part is shown frontally. Cella inner area of an ancient temple. Object displayed in a sacred place. (warka vase for inanna) Stele carved stone slab used to mark graves or commemorate historical events. Cuneiform wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of mesopotamia, Persia, and ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets. Shamash a person who assists in the running of a synagogue or religious services. Foreshortening technique used to give an object the illusion that its receding back into a distance or background lamassu. Assyrian protective diety with the head of a human and the body of winged bull or lion. Arcuated curved structural member usually in an opening, an arch. Horus the ancient egyptian falcon god, worshipped as the god of the sun and creator of the sky. (horus and papyrus plant=symbol of lower egypt)
